Sunday, December 28, 2014

Christmas around here

Around our two short trips (more on those later), we've had some lovely Christmas time around here.  The girls and I made kissy cookies (Emily wrote on a form for school that one of her Christmas traditions was helping mom make kissy cookies, so I figured we'd better!), most nights after dinner we drank egg nog and listened to Alasdair read an advent reading from the star and light themed verse list he put together, the girls loved the computer advent game Granny sent, and Alasdair and I have tried to spend as much time as possible sitting by the Christmas tree and reading in the evenings.  

The day after we came home from Philly, we and the Bishops had a delicious brunch at the Crane's.  Their beautifully decorated house is just perfect for Christmas. :)  I took each of the girls to the Dollar Store to pick out a gift for her sister and a cousin, and we wrapped presents.  On the 24th we did our family Christmas, opened gifts and made pancakes, spent some time doing new crafts, and went to the CRC Christmas Eve service.  

Since then, we've been enjoying some extra family time.  It's so nice to have the space to do things like crafts with the girls, a hike in the snow, and our first board game as a family (Sneaky Snacky Squirrel:).  Looking forward to a few more days like that before we are back to reality!



 their gifts to each other



 last year and this year!

and the stockings were hung on the bookshelf with care :)



 dancing in the kitchen



Also, today I took Emily to Storrs Hill to check it out, make sure all our equipment worked, and to get our ski legs under us.   It's such a sweet little hill.  There isn't actually a true beginner slope, but this brave girl wanted to try the poma (and try it again after she fell, and then try it again after she made it to the top and got yanked into the air because I hadn't explained to her how to get off!).  She did a lot of "butt skiing" as she called it, but she had a great attitude and was thrilled to be out.

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